Best adoption anime
209 anime about adoption, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.5The Demon King's Daughter is Too Kind!!
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
The Demon King's Daughter is Too Kind!!Maou no Musume wa Yasashisugiru!!TV · 2026 · 12 ep3.5Once feared as the ruler of all demons, Demon King Ahriman seeks to conquer the world…until he’s stopped by an unexpected force: his daughter, Dou! Too kind for chaos and too gentle for war, Dou melts the hearts of demons, humans, and even…
3.5Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Licht Nameless Girl
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Licht Nameless GirlFate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Movie: Licht - Namae no Nai ShoujoMovie · 2021 · 1 ep3.5The world is dying, no longer able to support life. The Ainsworth family can use the Holy Grail to save humanity, but the price of salvation is sacrifice of the magical girl Miyu — but Miyu’s brother, Shirou, won’t let them have her…
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3.5Love You Baby
TV · 2004 · 26 ep
Love You BabyAishiteruze Baby★★TV · 2004 · 26 ep3.5Katakura Kippei is in every way a high school playboy. Spending his days flirting with any female he can see, responsibility is the last thing on his mind. Life takes an unexpected turn for him as one day he returns home to find himself…
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3.5Astro Boy (2003)
TV · 2003 · 50 ep
Astro Boy (2003)Astro Boy: Tetsuwan AtomTV · 2003 · 50 ep3.5Atom is a robotic boy that posses super human powers and an artificial intelligence system that is unparalleled to any robot. His creator, Dr. Tenma, created him to replace his late son, Tobio. Dr. Tenma soon destroys his laboratory, after…
3.5Shion no Ou
TV · 2007 · 22 ep
Shion no OuTV · 2007 · 22 ep3.5Shion no Ou follows the story of Yasuoka Shion, a 13-year-old Shougi player with a past of tragedy. Shion's parents were brutally murdered in front of her when she was 5 years old. The murderer sat down with her and challenged her to a…
3.5Round Vernian Vifam
TV · 1983 · 46 ep
Round Vernian VifamGinga Hyouryuu VifamTV · 1983 · 46 ep3.5AD. 2058, on the Clayad which was the 3rd planet of the Ypserlon system, which was 43 light years away from Earth, suddently aliens raided the planet.The emigrants on the Clayad had to escape from the planet. Because of the confusion…
3.5Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
TV · 2021 · 13 ep
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School RunawayHige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.TV · 2021 · 13 ep3.5On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, the 26 year old salaryman, Yoshida, finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road. Yoshida is completely drunk out of his mind and ends…
3.5The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World
TV · 2023 · 13 ep
The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another WorldSaikyou Onmyouji no Isekai TenseikiTV · 2023 · 13 ep3.5You can't be happy if you're just strong, even if you're the strongest exorcist in the world. Exorcist Haruyoshi Kuga, called an unrivaled genius, is betrayed by the Imperial Court and about to die. Resolving to be happy in his next life…
3.5The Water Magician
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
The Water MagicianMizu Zokusei no MahoutsukaiTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.5Ryou is delighted to be reincarnated into the fantastical world of Phi, where he thinks he’ll get to live a quiet life learning to use his newfound water magic. Going with the flow here, however, means something very different. Ryou is…
3.5Star Wars: Visions
ONA · 2021 · 9 ep
Star Wars: VisionsONA · 2021 · 9 ep3.5An anthology of animated shorts celebrating Star Wars through the lens of the world's best anime creators and storytellers. 1) The Duel (Mizuno Takanobu, Kamikaze Douga) 2) Tatooine Rhapsody (Taku Kimura, Studio Colorido) 3) The Twins…
3.5Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess LieselotteTsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-sanTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.5One day, crown prince Sieg suddenly begins to hear the voices of two gods... whispering to him in a startling revelation, that his betrothed, Liselotte, is not only an extreme tsundere, but also about to fall into devastating ruin! Her…
3.5Super Cube
ONA · 2025 · 12 ep
Super CubeChao Neng Lifang: Chaofan PianONA · 2025 · 12 ep3.5In an accident, an ordinary boy, Wang Xiaoxiu, obtains a space system called "Superpower Cube" from a high-latitude cosmic civilization and gains extraordinary powers. When the school belle, Shen Yao, Wang Xiaoxiu’s longtime crush…
3.5Samurai 7
TV · 2004 · 26 ep
Samurai 7TV · 2004 · 26 ep3.5In the far distant future, on a planet that might have been called "earth", there was a war between samurai who mechanized their bodies. After the long war, people enjoyed a modest peace. Facing starvation and abductions at the hands of…
3.5Spy Classroom Season 2
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
Spy Classroom Season 2Spy Kyoushitsu 2nd SeasonTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.5Four members of the Din Republic's spy team Lamplight embark on a mission to capture an enemy spy. Although they struggle to work together due to their clashing personalities, Thea, Monika, Erna, and Annett complete their objective. While…
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3.5Solty Rei
TV · 2005 · 24 ep
Solty ReiTV · 2005 · 24 ep3.5In a future-based disaster-ridden city with an enormous gap between the rich and the poor, it is hard to tell which humans are walking around with cybernetic body parts. This makes Roy Revant's job as a renegade bounty…
3.5Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
Fortune Favors Lady NikukoGyokou no Nikuko-chanMovie · 2021 · 1 ep3.5“Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko” is the heartwarming and moving comedy drama of an unconventional family – a not-so-ordinary mother-and-daughter pair who live their lives to the fullest. Easy-going, cheerful, passionate and always ready to eat…
3.5Petite Princess Yucie
TV · 2002 · 26 ep
Petite Princess YuciePuchi Pri*YucieTV · 2002 · 26 ep3.5Seventeen-year-old Yucie can never be taken seriously. How can she, when she's been cursed to be trapped in a ten-year-old's body? Bright, cheerful and optimistic, Yucie has never let her curse get in the way of living a happy life. Her…
3.5The God of High School
TV · 2020 · 13 ep
The God of High SchoolTV · 2020 · 13 ep3.5It all began as a fighting tournament to seek out for the best fighter among all high school students in Korea. Mori Jin, a Taekwondo specialist and a high school student, soon learns that there is something much greater beneath the stage…
3.5takt op.Destiny
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
takt op.DestinyTakt Op. DestinyTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.5Music is the light that illuminates people's hearts-- and that "light" was suddenly taken from the world. The world changed the night the black "Kuroya Meteorite" fell. Grotesque monsters known as D2 emerged from the meteorite and began to…
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3.5Record of Grancrest War
TV · 2018 · 24 ep
Record of Grancrest WarGrancrest SenkiTV · 2018 · 24 ep3.5The series takes place on a continent ruled by chaos. The chaos breeds disaster, but the Lords of the continent have the power of "Crest" (Holy Seal) that can calm the chaos and protect the people. However, before anyone realizes it, the…
3.5The Shiunji Family Children
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
The Shiunji Family ChildrenShiunji-ke no KodomotachiTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.5The Shiunji family with their seven children reside in a mansion within Tokyo’s Setagaya ward. The eldest son, Arata, is tired of being pushed around by his five sisters and daydreams of a life without them. That is, until Arata’s father…
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3.5Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!TV · 2025 · 12 ep3.5When superstar adventurer Dennis gets booted from the world’s strongest party, he teams up with runaway Atelier to serve up his true passion—delicious cuisine. But this not-so-average eatery has not-so-average patrons. Dennis will battle…
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3.5The Darwin Incident
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
The Darwin IncidentDarwin JihenTV · 2026 · 13 ep3.5Created in a biological science lab, Charlie is a half human, half chimpanzee hybrid known as a "Humanzee". Raised by his adoptive human parents, Charlie is now 15 and starting high school. There he meets Lucy, a clever loner who becomes…
3.5bâan: The Boundary of Adulthood
Movie · 2025 · 1 ep
bâan: The Boundary of AdulthoodBâan: Otona no KyoukaiMovie · 2025 · 1 ep3.5A story of two people in search of a new life, who leave their birthplaces - travelling to a whole different world trying to find a place where they truly belong. Set in the fictional world of Euthania, a land rich in nature with various…
3.5Magical Explorer
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
Magical ExplorerMagical★ExplorerTV · 2026 · 13 ep3.5Few titles are more revered among horndogs-(ahem) connoisseurs of Japanese erotic video games-than Magical Explorer. One day, our smut-loving hero wakes up to find he has been reincarnated into the body of the game’s dreamboat protagonist!…
3.5My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t WickedIbitte Konai Gibo to GishiTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.5Miya is the illegitimate child of a prominent family. When her mother dies and her father’s estate agrees to take her in, she’s convinced she knows what awaits her in her new home: a life of servitude and misery at the hands of her wicked…
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3.5Star Wars: Visions Volume 3
ONA · 2025 · 9 ep
Star Wars: Visions Volume 3ONA · 2025 · 9 ep3.5The critically-acclaimed series of animated shorts returns to Japan for a third installment in collaboration with nine anime studios. 1) The Duel: Payback (Mizuno Takanobu, Kamikaze Douga x Anima) 2) The Song of Four Wings (Hiroyasu…
3.5Brigadoon
TV · 2000 · 26 ep
BrigadoonBrigadoon: Marin to MelanTV · 2000 · 26 ep3.5Marin is a typical junior high school girl with a sunny disposition and a loving adoptive family. Her life takes a drastic change when a mysterious mirage is seen in the sky above the entire earth. Killer androids called Monomakia descend…
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3.5Lady Georgie
TV · 1983 · 45 ep
Lady GeorgieTV · 1983 · 45 ep3.5An Australian farmer returns home from the woods with a baby named Georgie. The girl lives ignoring the terrible secret hidden in the golden bracelet on her hand. Her "Father" and Her "brothers", Abel and Arthur, love her dearly, but her…
3.5The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
TV · 1980 · 49 ep
The Adventures of Tom SawyerTom Sawyer no BoukenTV · 1980 · 49 ep3.5Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing, climbing trees and having adventures. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.4The Faraway Paladin
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
The Faraway PaladinSaihate no PaladinTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.4In the ruined city of the dead far from human civilization lives a single human child named Will. He is raised by three undead: Blood the heroic skeleton warrior, Mary the ladylike mummy priestess, and Gus the crotchety ghost wizard. The…
3.4If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon LordUchi no Ko no Tame naraba, Ore wa Moshikashitara Maou mo Taoseru kamo Shirenai.TV · 2019 · 12 ep3.4Dale is a cool, composed, and highly skilled adventurer who’s made quite a name for himself despite his youth. One day on a job deep in the forest, he comes across a little devil girl who’s almost wasted away. Unable to just leave her…
3.4Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s ArmyKaiko sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-dai) no Slow na Second LifeTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.4After losing his job as a Dark Soldier of the Demon King’s Army for his lack of magic ability, 30-ish-year-old Dariel has found himself in a village of humans to spend his early forced retirement. But this unemployed magic-less demon has…
3.4In the Land of Leadale
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
In the Land of LeadaleLeadale no Daichi niteTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.4After being put on life support after a tragic accident, Keina Kagami's only freedom comes from the VRMMO RPG Leadale. One day her life support system shuts off and Keina passes away. When she wakes up, she finds herself in Leadale two…
3.4Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!
TV · 2012 · 12 ep
Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!TV · 2012 · 12 ep3.4Yuuta Segawa, a college student, is suddenly charged with taking care of his three nieces. The eldest niece, Sora, is a 14 year old in middle school with semi-long brownish hair decorated with a ribbon. The middle niece, Miu, is an…
3.4Phi-Brain: Puzzle of God
TV · 2011 · 25 ep
Phi-Brain: Puzzle of GodPhi Brain: Kami no PuzzleTV · 2011 · 25 ep3.4Kaito Daimon would be a completely average high school student except for one thing: he's a 'demon' at solving puzzles. Kaito is so brilliant, in fact, that when he's asked to take some 'special' tests of his unique ability, he immediately…